From cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Tue Nov 11 20:43:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: from sun30.aic.nrl.navy.mil by mc.lcs.mit.edu (8.8.1/mc) with SMTP id UAA24200; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 20:43:51 -0500 (EST) Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Mail-from: From Anders.Larsson@hvi.uu.se Tue Nov 11 02:25:24 1997 Message-Id: <346807C1.ACFE4D68@hvi.uu.se> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 08:22:41 +0100 From: Anders Larsson To: cube lovers Subject: Colour arrangements (Was: Re: Megaminx, the 10-spot and GAP) References: <34668899.248A@idirect.com> Mark Longridge wrote: > First of all, the STANDARD colour arrangement used by Ideal Toy is as > follows: > > UP = White > DOWN = Blue > FRONT = Yellow > BACK = Green > LEFT = Red > RIGHT = Orange In front of me I hold a cube from one of the first batches from Hungary with the following colour arrangement: Up = white Down = yellow Front = blue Back = green Left = red Right = orange Does anybody know the history why this colour arrangement was changed? BTW: Even if Ideal Toys has their own local standard, it doesn't change the original ("correct") colour arrangement. /Anders -- Anders Larsson, PhD Institute of High Voltage Research Tel.: +46 (0)18 532702 Uppsala University Fax.: +46 (0)18 502619 Husbyborg E-mail: Anders.Larsson@hvi.uu.se S-752 28 Uppsala, Sweden http://www.hvi.uu.se/IFH/staff/Anders/Anders.html